Wheel mounting structure for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Seohan Innobility Co., Ltd.
InventorsJu Ho KIM, Eun Sik Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Young Seung Yu, Ki Jeong Kim
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Abstract
A wheel mounting structure for a vehicle includes a wheel hub, a wheel fitted around a center boss of the wheel hub at an internal diameter portion of the wheel, a center lock bolt coupled to the center boss and configured to press the internal diameter portion of the wheel against a hub flange of the wheel hub, and a latch mounted between the center lock bolt and the center boss and configured to lock the center lock bolt in the center boss.
Claims20
A wheel mounting structure for a vehicle, the wheel mounting structure comprising:
- a wheel hub;
- a wheel fitted around a center boss of the wheel hub at an internal diameter portion of the wheel;
- a center lock bolt coupled to the center boss and configured to press the internal diameter portion of the wheel against a hub flange of the wheel hub;
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- a latch mounted between the center lock bolt and the center boss and configured to lock the center lock bolt in the center boss.
A wheel hub assembly for a vehicle, the wheel hub assembly comprising:
- a hub flange including a flat surface perpendicular to an axial direction;
- a center boss protruding from the hub flange in the axial direction;
- a center lock bolt fastened to the center boss and configured to press, against the hub flange, an internal diameter portion of a wheel fitted around the center boss;
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- a latch mounted between the center lock bolt and the center boss and configured to be linearly slidable in the axial direction within the center boss while being prevented from rotating, to lock the center lock bolt for prevention of rotation of the center lock bolt with respect to the center boss.
A wheel for a vehicle, the wheel comprising:
- an internal diameter portion configured to be fitted around a center boss protruding along a rotation center of a hub flange in an axial direction, to couple the wheel to a wheel hub including the center boss, the wheel hub further including a stud spaced apart from the center boss while protruding from the hub flange in the axial direction;
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- a wheel hub groove formed at an area surrounding the internal diameter portion to receive the stud therein,
- wherein the area surrounding the internal diameter portion is configured to be pressed against the hub flange by a center lock bolt coupled to the center boss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.